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Legends of the Mountain State

Woodland Press is NOW SHIPPING the latest volume (#4) in the LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATE ghost tale series. Featuring transformations of "Appalachian myths, ghost tales and folklore" derived from West Virginian lore, this book is sure to be a gem, with stories by Gary Braunbeck, Brian Hatcher, Steve Rasnic Tem, Elizabeth Massie, Lisa Morton, and a raft of other horror greats. My story involves a ghost child at the end of Childer's Road... I'll say no more than that. Order the book directly from the publisher for $18.95 to get it as soon as it's release in mid October,…
August 21, 2010Posted inArnzen News
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microcosm twitterzine

Check out editor Stephen M. Wilson's new twitterzine for poetry, called microcosms. I have a poem in the latest "issue" ("twissue"?) released today and more to come soon. If you don't know what a "twitterzine" is, then read this article.
May 20, 2010Posted inArnzen News4 Comments
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2009 Stoker Award Winning Books

The 2009 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced by the Horror Writer's Association at World Horror Convention in Brighton, England, last weekend. I read almost all of these titles and I can vouch that they are superlative reads. (In fact, I lauded Lucy Snyder's poetry-winning book here in The Goreletter). See the HWA's announcement for a complete list...congratulations to all the winners! I contributed work to two of the books (though the editors, not me, rightfully get the awards!). These are pretty amazing books to be a part of, so I want to celebrate them here (and share some breaking…
April 3, 2010Posted inArnzen News1 Comment
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Goreletter 6.01 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 6, #1 was e-mailed to subscribers on Halloween, 31 October 2009 @ 9:30pm est. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog version, including a great contest to win some very RARE Arnzen-related collector's items, and a chance to get a signed numbered bookplate. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribe today...it's free and you can always unsubscribe if it terrorizes you too much. Issues are mailed only a few times per year, so your inbox won't suffocate. And remember: all…
October 31, 2009Posted inData+Errata
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Kindle2 Opens the Ebook Watershed: The Time Has Come

It's time to go ebook, if you haven't already. Today amazon.com releases their next generation Kindle2 ebook reading device, which is now able to pull information out of the (cell phone) wireless networks internationally...and you don't have to subscribe to a cell phone service to do so.  This means that the medium has gone totally global; you can read an ebook anywhere -- and update/sync/buy anywhere, too.  So what? This means that publishers everywhere will now see a new way to reach millions of readers, so they're all going to push these electronic formats (if they haven't already). Readers like…
October 19, 2009Posted inArnzen News